OLIGOCLASE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OLIGOCLASE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OLIGOCLASE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OLIGOCLASE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OLIGOCLASE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oligoclasesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OLIGOCLASE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in OLIGOCLASE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OLIGOCLASE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OLIGOCLASE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A pale mineral of the plagioclase feldspar group, rich in sodium with some calcium, found in many igneous rocks.
Geologists place oligoclase between albite and andesine in the plagioclase series. It forms white or greyish crystals and can be seen in granites and similar rocks.
How OLIGOCLASE is used
Appears in mineralogy and petrology texts, where oligoclase is named when describing the make-up of a rock.
- The granite sample contained quartz and oligoclase.
- Under the microscope the oligoclase crystals showed fine parallel stripes.
- A student identified the pale grain as oligoclase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OLIGOCLASE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OLIGOCLASE
1 longer words begin with OLIGOCLASE.
Shorter words from the letters in OLIGOCLASE
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Common questions about OLIGOCLASE
- Is OLIGOCLASE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OLIGOCLASE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OLIGOCLASE worth?
- OLIGOCLASE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OLIGOCLASE mean?
- A pale mineral of the plagioclase feldspar group, rich in sodium with some calcium, found in many igneous rocks.
- What letters can be added to OLIGOCLASE?
- OLIGOCLASE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of OLIGOCLASE:
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